Arkansas Engineer

The magazine of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering

In Memoriam: George Combs

In Memoriam: George Combs

George Donald Combs, BSChE ’59, PhD ’64, of Fort Smith died Monday, June 9, 2014. He was born October 2, 1937, in Fort Smith, to the late George W. and Martha Coleman Combs. George was the first person to earn a PhD in Engineering from the University of...
In Memoriam: Ron Morris

In Memoriam: Ron Morris

Rhonald (Ron) Morris, BSIE 1958, of Dallas, TX, passed away on August 28, 2014. He is survived by Betty Morris, his wife of 55 years, their two sons, Ron D. and Robert J. (Jeff), two daughters-in-law, Debbie and Cathy, six grandchildren: Megan, Kyle, Gavin, James,...
Class Notes

Class Notes

IN MEMORIAM FRANK CLASSEN ADAMS BSME’85, Dayton,OH, June 5. He worked as an aeronautical engineer for both Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX, and the U.S. Air Force for the past three years in Dayton. DAVID C. EDWARDS BSME’63, Hernando, MS, May 30. CHARLES E. STANLEY...

New Faculty

Kartik Balachandran received a Ph.D. in bioengineering and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.A. in engineering from the National University of Singapore. Previously, Balachandran was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard...

News From Our Alumni

Carl Yates (BSCE 1958) has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Arkansas (ACEC/A). Yates is the chief executive officer for the Fayetteville engineering firm McGoodwin, Williams & Yates, Inc. Randy...